Week 12 is all but finished (despite two Monday night performances to go), and the playoff picture is beginning to clear up! Here is what each player needs:
*JARED, KEVIN AND MONICA ARE ELIMINATED FROM PLAYOFFS*
COLLEEN (9-3): With Neal's loss to Josh this week, Colleen wraps up both the Division Crown and the top seed in the 2012 GDL playoffs. A loss next week to Jon will neither help or hurt her cause.
NEAL (8-4): A loss to Josh and Colleen's win over Monica eliminates him from winning the division.
JOSH (7-5): By beating Neal, Josh moves on to the playoffs and eliminates Kevin from playoff contention (Josh owns the season head-to-head tie-breaker (2-0) with Kevin).
ERIC (6-6): Losing to Jon gives Jon the lead in the division (head-to-head tie breaker is a tie (1-1), Jon has more season points).
JON (6-6) Wins and gets himself into contention for the Division Crown.
SCENARIOS:
Neal and Josh are fighting for 3rd and 4th seeds in playoffs, while Eric and Jon are fighting for their playoff lives.
Next weeks games with playoff implications: Neal vs. Eric, Josh vs. Jared, Jon vs. Colleen...
NEAL GETS THE #3 SEED IF:
Neal wins OR Josh loses. That simple.
JOSH GETS THE #3 SEED IF:
Josh wins AND Neal loses.
JON WINS THE DIVISION AND #2 SEED NEXT WEEK IF:
1) Jon wins AND Eric loses
2) Jon AND Eric BOTH Win OR Lose, Jon's season points totals more than Eric's.
ERIC WINS THE DIVISION AND #2 SEED NEXT WEEK IF:
1) Eric wins AND Jon loses
2) Eric AND Jon BOTH Win OR Lose, Eric's season points totals more than Jon's.
The only scenario in which Eric and Jon could both be in playoffs at this point is if Jon were to win and Josh were to lose, plus Jon's team would have to outscore Josh's by over 100+ points. This scenario is EXTREMELY UNLIKELY, therefore considered not feasible to attain.
THUS, ROOTING INTERESTS (including themselves for obvious reasons):
NEAL: Jared
JOSH: Eric
JON: Neal
ERIC: Colleen
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